Poets and Madmen

by Savatage

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 April 2001
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:11:20
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Jon Oliva, Chris Caffery, Paul O'Neill, Johnny Lee Middleton, Jeff Plate

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating as a theatrical, loosely conceptual narrative concerning the career of photojournalist Kevin Carter, 'Poets and Madmen' is the final studio album from the heavy metal veterans. The record blends driving, energetic guitar work with dense symphonic orchestration to create a deeply sombre, suspenseful atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, complex

Tracklist

  1. Stay With Me Awhile (5:08)
  2. There in the Silence (4:55)
  3. Commissar (5:36)
  4. I Seek Power (6:03)
  5. Drive (3:17)
  6. Morphine Child (10:12)
  7. The Rumor (5:16)
  8. Man in the Mirror (5:56)
  9. Surrender (6:40)
  10. Awaken (3:24)
  11. Back to a Reason (6:07)
  12. Tonight He Grins Again - Acoustic Version 2011 (4:45)
  13. Sleep - Acoustic (3:56)

Credits

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